Evgeny Buryakov

Evgeny Buryakov (1976-) was a spy for the Russian SVR intelligence agency who was arrested along with two other Russian spies on 26 January 2015 by the United States.

Biography
Evgeny Buryakov was born in Russia, and became a member of the SVR intelligence agency. In 2015, President Vladimir Putin sent Buryakov and fellow spies Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy to set up a spy ring in New York City, with Buryakov posing as a banker while Igor and Victor posed as diplomats. Buryakov was supposed to trigger a meltdown on Wall Street by manipulating the trading of financial products with automated algorithms, as well as obtaining secrets about plans and secrets about economic sanctions against Russia during the Ukrainian Civil War, but he was arrested by the United States on 26 January 2014. His colleagues returned home due to diplomatic immunity, but Buryakov was prosecuted for espionage.